Matter of Deck v. Dorr

*1598Clark, J.

Appeal from an amended decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed November 10, 2015, which ruled that claimant had a 100% schedule loss of use of his right thumb in addition to his previously awarded 100% schedule loss of use of his right hand.

In 2011, claimant sustained an established injury to his right hand when it was caught in a meat grinder at work, amputating all four of his fingers and his thumb on his right hand. Surgeons reattached claimant’s thumb, but it is about half the size of his left thumb and has no pinching ability. Upon consent of the employer and its…